South Bend Times

St. Joseph County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,583 people out of the 272,049 living in St. Joseph County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in St. Joseph County has decreased compared to the 4.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in St. Joseph County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Of the 131,435 people who had a job during that time, 126 were employed in the Armed Forces and 131,309 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,583	4.8%
Employed	131,435	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	131,309	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	126	0.1%